Year 337- 361 Ad Roman Constantine II Bi Centenionalis Coin Ngc Extremely Fine

  

CERTIFIED BY NGC EXTREMELY FINE. FLAVIUS IULIUS CONSTANTIUS AUGUSTUS b. 361 WAS THE SECOND SON OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT AND THE EMPRESS FAUSTA. HE ASCENDED THE THRONE ON THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER ALONG WITH HIS TWO BROTHERS, CONSTANTINE II AND CONSTANS.

THE BROTHERS SQUABBLED OVER CONTROL OF THE WESTERN PROVINCES OF THE EMPIRE. IN 340, CONSTANTINE II INVADED THE PROVINCE OF ITALY, RULED BY CONSTANS. IN TURN, CONSTANS WAS KILLED BY THE USURPER MAGNETIUS. CONSTANTIUS II REFUSED TO ACCEPT MAGNETIUS AS CO-EMPEROR, AND IN 351 DEFEATED THE UPSTART GENERAL AT THE BATTLES OF MURSA MAJOR AND MONS SELEUCUS. AFTER THE LAST BATTLE, MAGNETIUS COMMITTED SUICIDE, LEAVING CONSTANTIUS II SOLE RULER OF THE EMPIRE.

IN 351, TO HELP MANAGE THE RULE OF THE EMPIRE, HE ELEVATED HIS COUSIN, CONSTANTIUS GALLUS, TO THE RANK OF CAESAR (JUNIOR EMPEROR). GALLUS TURNED OUT TO BE A VIOLENT, CRUEL, AND CORRUPT SCHEMER, SO THREE YEARS LATER, CONSTANTIUS HAD GALLUS EXECUTED. CONSTANTIUS PROMOTED HIS LAST SURVIVING COUSIN, JULIAN, TO THE RANK OF CAESAR IN 355. JULIAN CLAIMED THE TITLE OF AUGUSTUS IN 360, WHICH LED TO WAS BETWEEN THE EMPERORS. BEFORE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT, CONSTANTIUS II FELL ILL AND DIED.

BEFORE HE DIED, HE NAMED JULIAN HIS SOLE SUCCESSOR. THIS COIN WAS ISSUED WHEN CONSTANTIUS WAS. CAESAR, SO IT DATES FROM 324-337, NOT FROM 337 TO 361. PLEASE BE PATIENT AS THIS IS A HARD TIME FOR EVERYONE AND PACKAGES ARE GETTING DELIVERED, JUST NOT IN THE NORMAL TIMEFRAME. We cannot declare any package as a "gift", "sample"etc.

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1. Ruler: Constantine II
2. Denomination: CENTENIONALIS
3. Composition: Bronze
4. Certification: NGC
5. Year: 337 AD
6. Grade: EXTREMELY FINE
7. Certification Number: 4278040-011
8. Date: 337 AD